mutter

1. 1

   A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

   • The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.

1. 1

   To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.intransitivetransitive

   • You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.
   • The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.
2. 2

   To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.

   • The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
3. 3

   To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

   • April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.

syn. fumfer · mutter · mouth

1. 1

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